1930 Homestead Grays season

The 1930 Homestead Grays baseball team competed as an independent in Negro league baseball during the 1930 baseball season. The team compiled a 45–15–1 (.746) record.^[1]

The team featured five individuals who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: manager Cumberland Posey, first baseman Oscar Charleston; catcher Josh Gibson; third baseman Judy Johnson; and pitcher Smokey Joe Williams.^[1]

The team's leading batters were:

• Second baseman George Scales - .398 batting average, .597 slugging percentage
• Catcher Josh Gibson - .374 batting average, .692 slugging percentage
• Left fielder Vic Harris - .359 batting average, .576 slugging percentage
• Center fielder Chaney White - .348 batting average
• First baseman Oscar Charleston - .313 batting average, .576 slugging percentage, 12 home runs, 55 RBIs

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The team's leading pitchers were Smokey Joe Williams (11–5, 2.60 ERA), George Britt (9–3, 2.76 ERA), and Lefty Williams (9–1, 4.18 ERA).^[3]

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